Book and pamphlet filing device.



PATFNTED DEG. 4, 1906.

H.,0. BRIGHAM. BooK AND P'AMPHLBT'PILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILIED APL-10, 1906.

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. ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT CLIN BRIGHAM, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. Book AND PAIvIPI-ILET FILING DEVICE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed April10,1i306. Serial No. 310,888.

To ail whom t may concern..- v Be it known that I, HERBERT OLIN BRIG- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Book and Pamphlet Filing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to book and pamphlet filing devices and improvements therein whereby books and pamphlets and documents may be compactly and securely filed in drawers and upon shelves, preserving their form and at all times ,presenting the back title thereof to view for reference.

The object of my invention is to provide a book and pamphlet and document filing devicewhich will remain securely in place, retaining them in compact form, occu ying a minimum of space, and capable o being placed in position -direct from the front, thereby requiring only a suilicient space to receive the compressor-board of the 'filing device and the hand or' the operator.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination voi parts, providing a drawer, box, or shelf filing device and a compressor, as herein fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aside view-of the compressor, showing one form of the spring. Fig. 2 is a flat view of one form of spring. Figs. 3 and 4 are other forms of the same style of spring. Figs. 5 and 6 are other forms of the spring of the compressor. Fig. 7 is a front view of my filing device in combination with shelf-receptacle. Fig. 8 is a top view of filing box or drawer in which pamphlets or documents are iiled, the backs of the amphlets exposing their titles to view. lig. 9 is a side view of the spring when the spring-loopportion D is formed, as shown in Fig. 5.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in all the drawings.

A represents the spring member of the compressor of my invention and is made of spriu, metal and is board or plate E by screws or bolts at points marked c.

D is the spring-loop portion of the spring nlember formed to receive theA thumb and finger at c and b, while placing the compressor .1n posltion and compressing the spring.

held in position upon` d is a dotted line showing the position of when compressed.

C is the end of springmember which` extends beyond compressor-board E and may be slightly bent out of line Awith the compre'ssor-board.

i and j-show different iormations'o the extreme end of spring member to assist the resistance upon the surface with which it is in contact.

In Fig. 3 plate A is slotted to form threeV narrow sections below the dotted line thetwo outer sections being formed into springloops D D, the middle member extending fat upon the compressor-board between the outer two. In Fig. 4 the middle section forms a spring-loop, and the two outside sections extend ilat upon the compressor.

G G represent two horizontal shelves, and F the upright partition between them.

H is the front, I the back, and J J the sides, of a box or drawer ile having handle c of any desired form.

f represents spurs in the end of the compressor board or plate to more securely retain its position when in use.

In the use of my filing device the retainingspring is gripped with the thumb and iinger at c and b, respectively, and the spring compressed, thereby drawing back the end lC or ends C and L, as the case may be. The compressor board or plate E is then placed against the outside book, pamphlet, or document being filed and all pressed together by the hand-pressure. When as compact as possible, release the -thumb-and-iinger pressure on the spring, and the ends C and L will engage the surface of the shelves, drawer, or box by the expanding ol' the spring member.

It is desirable to supply a system of construction of the spring member that will provide a varying resiliency thereof' to accommodate the LrI-squired strength of spring for any manner of iiling. structed a spring member one-third, two-thirds, formed below line into spring-loops, as shown. The spring member D may be made in varying widths when formed as in Figs. 1, 5, and 6. The ends C and L of spring member may be pointed or surfaced to provide a rictional resistance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. An improved book or pamphlet 'filing that may have or its entire width Therefore I have con-v IOO books or pamp device consistin4 of a receptacle for receiving ets, a compressor consisting of a board or plate having a spring member for yengaging the Asides of receptacle, said pamphlets or spring member forming the handle of the compressor and being separated into sections a portion of its length, some of said sections vbeing formed into spring-loops as desired and for the purpose specified.

" spurs at one/end and a spring member at and 'extending beyond the other end, said spring member consisting of a strip of spring metal looped at its center to form a s ring and hanydle section, all as shown and or the purpose specified.l

.3. As an improved article of manufacture,

a spring binding and' handle member for compressor-boards 1n book, `pamphlet and.

.arer looped in the center portion of the strip to form a spring and handle, the ends below the loopsl being fiat for securing to compressorboard and the portions of the strip above and below the loops being flat and adapted to rest against said board, and to extend beyond the end thereof, all as shown and for the purpose'specified.

In testimony whereof I. aflix my in the presence of two Witnesses.

' HERBERT OLIN BRIGHAM.

Witnesses:

J. FRED PARKER, WM. R. B. GALE.

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